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1
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What is the normal temperature for newborns?

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98.2

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What is the normal temperature for a 1 year old?

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99.7

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What is the normal temperature for 6 and up to adult?

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98.6

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What is the temperature for a normal senior citizen over the age of 70?

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96.8

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5
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Temperature to be considered a fever for an adult (Rectal, Temporal, ear temp)?

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Over 100.4

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6
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Temperature to be considered a fever for an adult (oral temp)?

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99.5

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Temperature to be considered a fever for (axillary temp/armpit)?

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98.6

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Temperature to be considered normal for an adult (Rectal, Temporal, earth temp, oral)?

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98.6

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Temperature for a normal adult (Axillary Temp)?

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97.6

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10
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What is continuous fever?

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Rises and falls during 24 hour period, fluctuates (less than 3 degrees)

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What is an intermittent fever?

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Elevated normal levels

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What is a remittances fever?

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Fever fluctuates considerably 3 degrees higher and more, never returns to normal (over 3 degrees)

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13
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What is a febrile illness?

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Illness with a fever

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14
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What is pyrexia?

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Only means fever

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15
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Where is your radial pulse?

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Wrist

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16
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Where is your brachial pulse?

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Arm

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17
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Where is your carotid pulse?

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Neck

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18
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Where is your femoral pulse?

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Thigh

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19
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Where is your pedal pulse?

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On top of foot

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20
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Where is your temporal pulse?

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Head

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21
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Where is your popiteal pulse?

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Behind the knee

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22
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Where is your apical pulse?

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Apex of

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23
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What is the normal pulse for adolescence(12) to adult?

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60 to 100

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24
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What is the average pulse or adolescence(12) to adult?

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80

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25
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What is the normal pulse for a newborn baby?

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120 to 160

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26
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What is the average pulse for a newborn baby?

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140

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27
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What is the rate?

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Number of heartbeats in the time you listen

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28
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What is rhythm?

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Between pulse beats

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29
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What is an intermittent pulse?

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A pulse that elevates

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30
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What is volume?

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Strong pulse

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31
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What is a thready pulse?

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Means weak, disappears with slight pressure (1)

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32
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What is a bounding pulse?

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Strong pulse (3)

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33
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What is a normal pulse?

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A normal pulse (2)

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34
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Should a doctor tell you their taking your respiration?

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No, they should not

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35
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What is the normal breathing rate for adolescence to adult?

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12-20 breaths per minute

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36
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What is the average breaths for adolescence to adult?

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16

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37
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What time do you can’t for respirations?

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Count for 30 seconds multiply by 2

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38
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What is the normal blood pressure for an adult?

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120 over 80

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39
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What is the average blood pressure for an adult?

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140

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40
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What is the blood pressure for hypertension?

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130 over 80

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41
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How do you get over high blood pressure stage 1?

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Reduce stress and lose weight

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42
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How do you get rid of stage 2 high blood pressure? (Greater than 160)

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Try diahrettic and drug combination

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43
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Which way do you turn to loosen blood pressure knob?

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Turn to the left

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44
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Which way do you turn the knob to make it tight?

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Turn to the right

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45
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Why might blood pressure not be taken right?

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Not losing it all the way, not to tight, stethoscope thumb might be on top

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46
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What goes on top of blood pressure first? What is the first thump?

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Systolic

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47
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What goes on the bottom of blood pressure? What is the second thump?

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Diastolic

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48
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What is 1 kilogram in pounds?

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2.2 pounds

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49
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What is 1 pound in kilograms?

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0.45 kilograms

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50
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What are some cardiac symptoms?

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Shortness of breath fatigue, shoulder pain, blue lips

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51
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What should a MA do when they see these symptoms happen to a patient?

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First sit them down, loosen their clothing, ask them about their medical history, take vital signs, hook them up to an ECG

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52
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If somone is able to breathe and speak but is choking what should I do?

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Nothing

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53
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What does CVA mean?

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Cerebra Vascualr Accident

54
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What does CVA mean?

55
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What are some symptoms of stroke?

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Slurred speech, visual disturbance, week on one side of body, headache, droopy on one side of face

56
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What should an MA do to somone who is having a stroke?

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Lay them down, knees bent, turn their head to the right, arm supporting head, call EMS

57
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What are some examples of shock?

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Trauma, witnessing accident, being in incident

58
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What does a patient look like who has had shock?

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Pale, blue dilated pupils, weak rapid pulse, hypotension, lethargic, rapid breaths

59
Q

What are some ways you can be poisoned?

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Food, inhalation, absorption, injection

60
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What are some symptoms of food poisoning?

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Nausea/Vomiting, shallow breathing, dizziness, consciousness, drowsiness, change in skin color, stomach cramps

61
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What should you do if somone is poisoned?

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Call poison control

62
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Right when somone is poisoned should you make it gem throw it back up before asking poison control?

63
Q

What should you do if you get an animal bite?

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Cleanse wood, use antibacterial soap, take tetanus shot, check for infection

64
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What’s worse a dog bite or an human bite?

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Human Bite

65
Q

What are some symptoms of a insect/bug bite?

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Rough cough, itching around eyes, hives, dyspan, hypotension

66
Q

What can you scrape the stinger out with?

A

Dull knife or credit card

67
Q

What are some symptoms of an asthma attack?

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Wheezing, coughing, tightness in breath, shortness of breath

68
Q

What are so,e asthma attack emergency plans?

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Rescue inhaler, steroids, use a different inhaler

69
Q

When does asthma usually flare up?

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When you have allergies (fall)

70
Q

What is a febrial seizure?

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A temperature over 101.8 goes up rapidly

71
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What should an MA do for care during a seizure?

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Protect patient, wait 10 to 15 minutes if conscious is not regained call 911, make sure the6 don’t hit their head and their tongue goes back in their throat

72
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What are symptoms abdominal pain?

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Bad food, flu

73
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What is care for Abdominal pain?

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Keep patient warm and quiet, don’t apply heat on their stomach, emesis, NPOC, don’t administer things by mouth, administer canagestic like Tylenol and aspirin, check vital signs

74
Q

How can you get a nose bleed?

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Hypertension, strenuous activity, altitude, injury, exposure to cold, anti-coagulent medication

75
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How do you care for a nose bleed?

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Lean head forward and pinch nose for 15 minutes, carterise nose heat it up/pack it up, if you can’t stop after 15 minutes go to hospital

76
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What kind of head injuries are there?

A

Concussion and trauma

77
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What are some symptoms of head injuries?

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Memory loss, loss of consciousness, dizziness, vomiting and headache

78
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What care would you do fo a head injury?

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Stabilize neck involved (spinal injury), check pupils, NPO, watch him for 24 hours make sure no mental injury

79
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What should you do if a person has a foreign object in their eye?

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Don’t let them touch their eye and put them in a dark room

80
Q

How do you take care of heat injuries?

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Loosen clothes, hydrate, heat exhaustion

81
Q

What are the symptoms of a heatstroke?

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Skin red hit dry, rapid shallow breath, red skin

82
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What is the care for a heatstroke?

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Call 911 unless you’re u th8nj they’re fine

83
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What are some cold injuries?

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Frost bite, hypothermia

84
Q

What is frostbite?

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Freezing tissue, necrosis

85
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How do y u care for frostbite?

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Emerge in warm, don’t rub

86
Q

What is hypothermia?

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Body temperature under 95 degrees core temperature

87
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What is the care for hypothermia?

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Remove clothing, wrap up in blankets,

88
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What are symptoms for hypothermia?

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Shivering, numbness, loss of consciousness

89
Q

What are the symptoms of dehydration?

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Dark urine, no urine, headache, dizzy, excess of thirst, lethargic, confusion, vomiting, dry mouth, light, muscle cramps

90
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What is the care for dehydration?

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Encourage fluid intake and water is the best

91
Q

What are some diabetic emergencies?

A

Hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia

92
Q

How do you take care of diabetic emergencies?

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Insulin shock

93
Q

What is diabetic coma?

A

Glucose skyrocketed

94
Q

What are some symptoms of diabetic emergencies?

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Malaise (tired), dry mouth, polyuria, polydyspenia, nausea/vomit, fruity breath

95
Q

What is a sprain?

A

A twisted tendon

96
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What is a strain?

97
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What is care for sprain/strain?

A

Elevate, apply ice, compression (first ice then heat), Tylenol aspirin, ibuprofen

98
Q

What is a buckle fracture?

A

Pokes out a bit, common in arm

99
Q

What is a green stick fracture?

A

Doesn’t break all the way

100
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What is a spiral fracture?

A

Spiral through bone

101
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What is a commuted fracture?

A

Shatters all through bone probably needs surgery

102
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What is a transverse fracture?

A

Across the bone fracture

103
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Compound fracture

A

Comes out of te skin

104
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What is Vertebral compression?

A

Compression on vertebrae

105
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What is the care for a fracture?

A

Support effected area, below or above joints, place in position that is comfortable

106
Q

What kind of burns are there?

A

Flame, heat, scolded, chemical burns, sunburnt, radiation

107
Q

What is a first degree burn?

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Mild, results in pain, and redness of the epidermis

108
Q

What is a second degree burn?

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It affects the epidermis and dermis

Pain, redness, and blistering

109
Q

What is a third degree burns?

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Go through dermis and affect white blackened, charmed skin, numb

110
Q

What does dawning mean?

111
Q

What does doffing mean?

112
Q

What can you treat with bacteria?

A

You can treat with antibiotic

113
Q

Can you treat a virus?

114
Q

What do you treat fungi with?

A

Anti-fungal

115
Q

What do people worry about with antibiotics?

A

Antibiotic resistance

116
Q

What is an inflammatory response to infections?

A

Body trying to defend itself

117
Q

What is a acute infection?

A

Relatively short

118
Q

What is a chronic infection?

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Long period of time or life

119
Q

What is a latent infection?

A

Symptoms cycle through periods of remisssion

120
Q

What is an opportunistic infection?

A

Occur in hosts with an impaired immune system

121
Q

What is a nosocomial infection?

A

An infection you get while being in the hospital

122
Q

What is sanitation?

A

Removes debris from equipment, wear gloves, rinse each instrument in cold then hot water

123
Q

What is disinfection?

A

Process of killing pathogenic organisms

124
Q

What are some common errors of sterilization and sanitation?

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Instruments notary, solutions aren’t changed in time period

125
Q

What is sterilization?

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Destruction of microorganisms, area set aside for sterilization, 2 sections one area contaminated other area number non-contaminated

126
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What is aseptic?

A

Removal of bad bacteria

127
Q

What is Asepsis?

A

Freedom from infection

128
Q

What is Surgical asepsis?

A

Destruction of bacteria before entering the body

129
Q

What is Medical aseptic?

A

Destructive of disease calling organisms leaving the body

130
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What is autoclave?

A

Moist heat, steralization

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